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Saturday, 5 February 2011

Raiding the Arts and Crafts Cupboard

At school I had the most hateful art teacher - Miss Smith - the stuff of nightmares.

Any inclination I had towards art as an academic subject was completely quashed which was a shame really because I love painting, drawing and generally being creative.

Since having children, there has never been a shortage of arts and crafts materials in the house. Any opportunity I get to splosh a bit of paint around or uncap the felt tips, I jump at it. I don't consider myself an artist by any stretch of the imagination but I absolutely love the place it takes me to when I lose myself in a project.

This weekend creation blog hop contribution shows what happens when I raid the Arts and Crafts cupboard!

About Me

I was born and raised in Slough (as immortalised by Sir John Betjeman and The Office) but now live in Shropshire. I have four grown up daughters from my first marriage (three of whom are also bloggers) and am lucky enough to have had two beautiful, bright and healthy babies in my mid forties - the products of my second (and infinitely happier) marriage. We are a family of vegetarians.
I love a good horror movie - Hellraiser probably being my favourite - but I'm also a sucker for a good old sentimental weepy (The Notebook, Mr Holland's Opus).
I've loved John Denver since my teens but I'm not really sure why!
I run, I cook, I garden, I keep chickens, I knit .... but most of all, I am a mum to my amazing kids.